Nephrology / Renal Medicine
Renal Medicine training takes a minimum of 5 years after entry at ST1 level, following completion of level 1 G(I)M acute training.
There are three years of training commencing at ST3 level to achieve competence in Nephrology. This will include an attachment to the Transplant Unit at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds of at least 3 months duration to allow acquisition of competence in the management of acute transplantation.
Trainees normally rotate between the renal units in Bradford, Hull, Leeds, and York. Each unit provides experience in all aspects of nephrology, dialysis and long term renal transplant follow up. At each unit, trainees will have an educational supervisor who will (through appraisal meetings) support the trainee as they acquire competencies relevant to their stage of training. Furthermore, at each hospital there is the opportunity to train in acute G(I)M for those trainees seeking certification in G(I)M (acute). All units have active research interests and research training as Out of Programme experience is encouraged.
The Training Program Director (TPD), Regional Specialty Adviser (RSA) and Specialty Training Committee (STC) Chair for Renal Medicine is Dr Andrew Mooney, based at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds. Educational Supervisors and STC members are Dr Russell Roberts (Bradford), Dr Helen Collinson (Hull), Drs Richard Baker and Graham Woodrow (Leeds), and Dr David Worth (York).
The Trainee representative is Dr David Semple (Hull).